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' HIRAM M. EVANS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.- I

PAINTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 608,589, dated August 9, 1898.

Application led February V18, 1898. Serial No. 670,784. (No specimens.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM M. EVANS, a citizenof the United States,'residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful 11nprovement in Paintingvhich is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improvement in painting or method of producing an onyxtile effect on stone, iron, tin, or other material; and it consists in first applying a coat of paint to a plate or body of suitable material, next applying to said coat of paint distemper colors, preferably Y containing no sizing or glue, although the latter may be employed, if necessary,lnext applying to the last coating a suitable varnish,l after which the whole is kiln-dried, grooves'being formed simulating a plurality of assembled tiles or plates, after which paint or a mixture of different paints is applied to said grooves.

It also consists of an improved construction of tile,which is produced by the above method.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a tile embodying my invention, showing the manner of producing the same. Eig. 2 represents a sectional view of afinished tile.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe figures. Y

Referringto the drawings, A designates a tile, the same consisting of a suitable plate',` bed, or body B, which may be of stone, iron, tin, or any other suitable material. The body B has first applied thereto a coat of paint C, upon which are applied distemper colors D, which latter contain no sizing or glue, although it Will be evident that, if desired, said sizing and glue may be employed. Upon the distemper colors D is placed a coating E of varnish, after which the whole is kiln-dried or baked in any suitable manner. The outer coating of varnish is provided with grooves E, simulating a plurality of tiles in assembled position, to which grooves paint or a mixture of different' paints` is 1 applied, the painted grooves thus marking the extent of a single simulated tile in the finished article.

produce the enamel effect.

I In the practical embodiment 0f my invention I groove the body or bed to represent metal, iron', or tin with acids. y I then apply a coat of paint ground inoil, shaded to suit the desired effect of tile, said coat serving as a body for the distemper colors.

The distemper colors are dry paint ground in Water, or they can be used With or without sizing, the sizing being What is commonly termedas gelatine or fish glue.

In'the next step I apply whatis known as De Mar varnish or Copal7 varnish to The above tile effect can be produced by transfer from paper to slate, stone, iron, tin, or zinc or by a gum-roller process, if necessary. In baking 'the tile artificial means can be employed, or

said baking can be effected without artificial means.

It will be evident from the foregoing that by my method of producing an onyx tile effect the same can be attained very cheaply, and there is, furthermore, no liability of a single tile becoming loosened or disengaged, as is the case when a plurality of small tiles are assembled in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

r1.-'lhe method of producing an onyx-tile effect Which consists in applyinga coat of paint to a plate or body of 'suitable material, applying to said coat a layer of distemper colors, coating said distemper colors with a varnish, drying or baking the article thus produced, next providing grooves therein, thereby simulating a plurality of tiles and lastly applying to said grooves paint or a mixture of different paints.

2. The method of producing an onyx-tile effect which consists in applying a coat of paint to a plate or body of suitable material, applying to said coat a layer of distemper colors containing no sizing or glue,coat'ing said distemper colors with a varnish, drying or baking the article thus produced,next`providing grooves therein, thereby simulating a plurality of tiles, and lastly applying to IOO said `grooves paint or a mixture of different lastly a coating of Varnish, said rlevieelieiugT paints. afterward dried or baked, aud provided witll 3. As an article of manufacture7 the herogrooves having paint applied thereto. iii-described devieo simulating a plurality of lllRAM M. EVANS. 5 tiles7 tlie same Consisting of a suitable bed lVituesses:

or body having rst applied thereto a coat of JOHN A. WIED'E asumir, paint, next a layer of distemper colors, and l WM. C. WIEDERSiImIM. 

